ai4bharat/Pralekha huggingface dataset:
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana Phase-I: April 2020 to June 2020
States/UTs distributed 93.5 % of allocated food grains for the period April-June 2020 among NFSA beneficiaries: Food Corporation of India
As per reports available from Food Corporation of India, all States/UTs combined have lifted about 118 LMT  of three-month food grains from FCI depots/central pool for distribution of additional free of cost food grains among NFSA beneficiaries. Further, all States/UTs combined have reported a distribution of over 111.52 LMT  of allocated food grains for the period April-June 2020. According to FCI, 37.5 LMT  food grains distributed in the months of April and May 2020 covering about 75 crore beneficiaries in each month and 36.54 LMT  food grains in the month of June covering about 73 crore beneficiaries.
Earlier, in March 2020, pursuant to the announcement of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package  to ameliorate the hardships faced by the poor and needy due to economic disruptions caused by the COVID-19 outbreak in the country, the Department of Food & Public Distribution had started the implementation of “Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana ” for a period of three months i.e. April, May and June 2020, so that the poor and vulnerable beneficiaries under NFSA do not suffer on account of the non-availability of foodgrains during the unprecedented time of crisis.
Under this special scheme, about 81 Crore NFSA beneficiaries covered under both categories of NFSA, namely Antyodaya Anna Yojana  and Priority Householders , are being provided with an additional quota of free-of-cost foodgrains  at a scale of 5 Kg per person per month, over and above their regular monthly entitlements.
Accordingly, on 30th March 2020, the Department of Food & Public Distribution had conveyed State/UT-wise total allocation of about 121 Lakh MT of foodgrains  to all States/UTs and FCI for distribution to all NFSA beneficiaries during the period of three months April-June’ 2020 i.e. Phase-I of the scheme.
AYUSH
Steps taken to promote traditional medical tourism
During the inaugural ceremony of the “Global Ayush Investment and Innovation Summit” held on 20th April 2022 at Gandhinagar, Gujarat, Prime Minister made the announcement to launch a special category of Ayush visa for tourists visiting India for Ayush medical tourism/education/treatment including Yoga. Accordingly, the Ministry of Ayush has requested the Ministry of Home Affairs to work out the modalities for creation of separate category for Ayush Visa/eVisa. It is a part of Heal in India campaign to promote traditional medical tourism.
- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare with the Ministry of Ayush has been working with CDAC and SEPC for developing one step portal for the convenience and ease of credible information for those who want to take treatment in India from abroad
- Chintan Shivirs were organized by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to promote Heal in India and Heal by India. The Ministry of Ayush has also participated in these Chintan shivir. Certain action points were identified in the Chintan Shivir to promote traditional medicine in Tourism in India.
- A Round table and plenary sessions on heal in India were also organized during global Ayush Investment and Innovation summit at Gandhinagar, Gujrat to promote India as the leading destination for medical value travel.
Ministry of Ayush has prepared a concept note on Ayush Park.
This information was given by Minister of Ayush Shri Sarbananda Sonowal in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Media reports quoting Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare on mass transfers of doctors of AIIMS Delhi are incorrect and misleading
There have been some media reports alleging that Shri Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare while addressing on the 66th foundation day of AIIMS yesterday had given a statement that there will be a mass transfer of doctors of AIIMS Delhi. The reports further state that the government will soon implement a transfer policy to introduce uniform medical standards in all AIIMS across the country. This policy will lead to mass transfer of doctors of AIIMS Delhi to the new AIIMS, while new doctors will be appointed for AIIMS Delhi.
It is clarified that the headlines of various newspapers quoting the Union Health Minister from yesterday's AIIMS New Delhi 66th foundation day event are incorrect and misleading. The Union Minister did not make such statements yesterday. These reports are fallacious, ill-informed and have clearly misrepresented the facts.
Shri Mandaviya had expressed hope that students passing out of AIIMS would enrich the new AIIMS being built across the country. The present faculty with their rich experience can also act as a guiding light to these institutes.
The speech where the Union Minister spoke on the issue can be accessed at:
Ministry of Jal Shakti
National River Conservation Programme
Cleaning and rejuvenation of rivers is a continuous process, and Central Government is supplementing the efforts of the State Governments and Union Territories in addressing the challenges of pollution abatement of rivers by providing financial and technical assistance through National River Conservation Plan  for identified polluted river stretches. Under NRCP, various pollution abatement works relating to interception & diversion of raw sewage, construction of sewerage systems, setting up of sewage treatment plants, low cost sanitation, river front/bathing ghat development, public participation & awareness programme, etc are taken.
State/ Union Territory-wise details of sewage treatment plants sanctioned, constructed and capacity created in million liters per day  since 2018 till date under NRCP are as under
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S.No.
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State/UTs Name
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Sewage Treatment Capacity Sanctioned 
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No. of Sewage Treatment Plants Sanctioned
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Sewage Treatment Capacity Created 
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No. of Sewage Treatment Plants setup.
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1
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Gujarat
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250.00
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37
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48.00
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1
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2
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Jammu & Kashmir
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13.60
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3
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-
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-
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3.
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Manipur
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17.00
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2
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-
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-
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4.
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Sikkim
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3.25
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1
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1.60
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|
1
This information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti & Social Justice and Empowerment, Shri Rattan Lal Kataria in a written reply in Rajya Sabha.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Dr. Harsh Vardhan launches an interactive game and IEC content to promote COVID Appropriate Behaviours
“Social Vaccine against COVID-19 no Rocket Science”
Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfarelaunched an interactive first-of-its-kind game on COVID-19, The Corona Fighters , and two new videos urging adherence to key COVID Appropriate Behaviours, here today, in the presence of Sh. Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare.
Expressing his pleasure at the launch of theuniquely designed game, Dr. Harsh Vardhan said that the game “presents a new and extremely creative way to teach people the right tools and behaviours to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.” He stated that the game was designed to “influence the players’ actions in the real world, reminding them to take the right precautions and escape infection.”He further added that this along with two promotional videos “is a simply designed and enjoyable medium to get a serious message across to the wider public.”
Dr Harsh Vardhan also recollected his experience with the Polio Abhiyaan which was transformed into a social movement through Jan Bhagidari  and support and contribution of many film industry professionals.He said, “The Pulse Polio programme,through its targeted and engaging IEC and outreach campaigns, encouraged the last mile mothers to get their children immunized. The same effort can contain COVID by publicizing COVID appropriate behaviour through caller tunes and other mediums throughout the lockdown and thereafter during the phases of unlocking.” Till we get a vaccine for fighting COVID-19, the COVID appropriate behaviours will serve as a potent social vaccine and keep us protected and safe, he stated.
Congratulating the makers of the game and promotional videos, Shri Ashwini K. Choubey said, “Communication is the key in today’s world. It has played a great part in the fight against COVID during the lockdown when the trajectory of the disease and its containment strategy could be effectively communicated to the last man.” The IEC videos and game launched today will influence children, and through them the elders in the community, and spread the message and importance of COVID appropriate behaviour,” he added.
Dr V K Paul, Member , NITI Aayog, Shri Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary for Health and Family Welfare, Shri Parmeswaran Iyer, Secretary, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitationin, and senior officials of the Health Ministry were also present at the occasion.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Busting Myths of Vaccination
CoWIN has been developed as a single platform to manage various aspects of vaccinations across the country
Beneficiaries not getting vaccinated in confirmed slots can be traced to improper planning by DIOs
States/UTs have been advised that they should publish vaccination slots based on the availability of vaccine
CoWIN has now provided the feature for rescheduling of vaccination sessions
Government of India has been supporting the efforts of States and UTs towards vaccinating all people aged 18 years and above with priority being given to the Healthcare and Frontline Workers. CoWIN has been developed as a platform to manage vaccinations across the country.
There have been some media reports suggesting that even a successful booking on the CoWIN platform for a vaccination slot does not assure one of a Covid-19 vaccine jab. These reports are baseless and incorrect, not supported by full information on the matter.
Co-WIN platform facilitates registration , scheduling of appointments, vaccination & certification of beneficiary during COVID-19 vaccination process.
Availability of slots on Co-WIN Portal is based on the vaccination schedule published by District Immunization Officer /Session site in-charge which in turn depends upon availability of vaccines. States/UTs have been advised that they should publish vaccination slots based on the availability of vaccines. The Union Government has also instructed all States/UTs to give preference to beneficiaries with online appointments than to on-site registrations.
It was noticed that in some cases the DIOs were publishing a session and then in case vaccines were in short supply, the DIOs used to cancel such sessions or return the beneficiaries. This definitely caused inconvenience to such beneficiaries who booked their appointments for such vaccination centres/ sessions. To remove this problem, CoWIN has now provided the feature for rescheduling of vaccination sessions so that the DIO does not have to cancel the sessions. Provision has also been made that pre-booked appointments for a session, also get rescheduled when a session is rescheduled. In such cases now the beneficiary shall not have taken a fresh appointment. The beneficiaries shall also receive an SMS informing them about rescheduling of their session. The system still provides the option of rescheduling/ cancellation of an appointment to the beneficiaries.
Ministry of Defence
Korean Companies in Defence Corridors
A Roadmap for Defence Industries Cooperation between the Republic of India and the Republic of Korea  was exchanged in Ministry of Defence during the bilateral meeting between Shri Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister, Republic of India and Mr. Jeong Kyeong-Doo, Defence Minister, Republic of Korea on 4th February, 2020.
This Roadmap lists a number of possible areas of cooperation in Land Systems, Naval Systems, Aero Systems, Guided Weapon Systems including research and development cooperation, collaboration regarding testing, certification and quality assurance and the Roadmap aims to facilitate defence industries in participation and collaboration on Make in India initiatives of Government of India. This Roadmap also aims to promote investment and technology transfer in Defence Industrial Corridors in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
The Roadmap envisages facilitation by Korea Plus Centre in arranging meetings, supporting public relations, assisting research and evaluation, while providing information and counselling with regard to ROK companies. ROK companies wishing to invest in India are envisaged to receive support from both Defence Investor Cell and Korea Plus Centre. Several Indian Companies are involved in the manufacturing of various defence spare parts in India.
This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Shripad Naik in a written reply to Shri Kumbakudi Sudhakaran in Lok Sabha today.
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Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Policies to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals
The government has formulated policies to achieve Sustainable Development Goals  to mitigate the effect of Climate Change and build Sustainable cities and communities. The Government is implementing National Action Plan on Climate Change  which provides an overarching policy framework for all climate actions. NAPCC comprises of eight core Missions in specific areas of solar energy, enhanced energy efficiency, sustainable habitat, water, sustaining Himalayan ecosystems, Green India, sustainable agriculture and strategic knowledge for climate change. 33 States and Union Territories have prepared State Action Plan on Climate Change  consistent with the objectives of NAPCC. Despite having no binding obligation under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change , India announced its voluntary goal to reduce the emission intensity of its GDP by 20-25% by 2020 in comparison to 2005 level. India has achieved 24% reduction in emission intensity of its GDP between 2005 and 2016.
Under the National Clean Air Programme , which is a national level strategy to reduce air pollution levels across the country, City Specific Clean Air Action Plans have been prepared and rolled out for implementation in 132 non-attainment and million plus cities. These action plans focus on city specific short/ medium/ long term actions to control air pollution from sources such as vehicular emission, road dust, burning of biomass/ crop/ garbage/ Municipal Solid Waste, landfills, construction activities, industrial emission. Several Flagship schemes/missions or programmes to implement SDG 11 by other ministries are Swachh Bharat Mission - Urban ,Atal Mission for rejuvenation and Urban Transformation ,Smart Cities Mission, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban and Metro Rail Projects. The government also supports the 10-Year Framework Programme on Sustainable Consumption and Production, for which Ministry had published draft notification of regulation on Extended Producer Responsibility  for Waste Tyre for receiving comments from public and 'Guidelines on the EPR for Plastic Packaging' under Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 has been notified. Recently the ministry has put ban on Single Use Plastics to make the environment healthier.
Apart from this, National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project  has been implemented across eight coastal States with four Main Components; i) Early Warning Dissemination System; ii) Cyclone Risk Mitigation Infrastructure; iii) Technical Assistance for Capacity and iv) Project Management and Monitoring, in two phases i.e. ; . Works on Phase-I has been completed in December 2018 & scheduled date of completion of Phase-II is September 2022.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister’s meeting with the Prime Minister of Singapore on the sidelines of G-20 Summit in Bali
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi met the Prime Minister of Singapore, H.E. Mr. Lee Hsien Loong on the sidelines of G-20 Summit in Bali today. He recalled his meeting with Prime Minister Lee on the sidelines of G-20 Summit in Rome last year.
Both Prime Ministers took note of the strong Strategic Partnership between India and Singapore and regular high level Ministerial and institutional interactions, including the inaugural session of the India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable, held at New Delhi in September 2022.
The two leaders reiterated their commitment to further expand trade and investment linkages between the two countries particularly in Fintech, renewable energy, skill development, health and pharmaceutical sectors. PM Modi invited Singapore to invest in various sectors including Green economy, infrastructure, and digitalisation and to take advantage of India’s National Infrastructure Pipeline, Asset Monetisation Plan and the Gati Shakti Plan.
The two leaders also exchanged views on recent global and regional developments. Prime Minister Modi appreciated Singapore’s role in India’s Act East Policy and its role as the country coordinator of ASEAN-India relations from 2021-2024. Both leaders reiterated their desire for working together for furthering the India-ASEAN multi-faceted cooperation.
Prime Minister conveyed best wishes to Prime Minister Lee for the future and invited him to visit India for the G-20 Summit next year.
President's Secretariat
NO ‘CHANGE OF GUARD’ CEREMONY THIS SATURDAY
The Change of Guard Ceremony will not to be held this Saturday  on the Forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan due to preparations related to the 62nd Raising Day of the 6 SIKH .
Ministry of Electronics & IT
Protection OF Private Data
Privacy is a fundamental right as declared by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. Subsequently, the Government introduced “The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019” in Parliament during the winter session in the year 2019. The Bill was referred to the Joint Committee of Parliament that has tabled its report in Parliament on 16.12.2021. The report and the Bill are under examination.
Further, Section 43A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the Information Technology  Rules, 2011 provide safeguards for sensitive personal data or information collected. The Rules mandate that body corporate including social media platforms must provide policy for privacy and disclosure of such information. Also, section 72A of the IT Act provides for punishment for disclosure of information in breach of the lawful contract.
Section 43A of the Act also provides for compensation to be paid to the affected users by the body corporate for failure to protect sensitive personal information causing wrongful gain or wrongful loss to any person.
Also, the Information Technology  Rules, 2021 notified under the Information Technology Act, 2000 requires that the intermediary shall publish the rules and regulations, privacy policy, and user agreement for access or usage of its computer resource by any person.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID - 19 Vaccination Update - Day 523
India’s cumulative vaccination coverage crosses 196.60 Crore
More than 12 lakh Vaccine doses administered today till 7 pm
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 196.60 Crore  today. More than 12 lakh  Vaccine Doses have been administered till 7 pm today. The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by late tonight.
The cumulative coverage of vaccine doses, segregated based on population priority groups, is as follows:
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Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
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|
HCWs
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
10408464
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
10058923
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
5573327
|
|
FLWs
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
18422513
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
17615988
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
9787110
|
|
Age Group 12-14 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
35989833
|
|
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
21756290
|
|
Age Group 15-18 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
60188685
|
|
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
48026991
|
|
Age Group 18-44 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
557986244
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
498903545
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
2219933
|
|
Age Group 45-59 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
203400899
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
192892240
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
2196515
|
|
Over 60 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
127217997
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
120449364
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
22917956
|
|
Cumulative 1st dose administered
|
|
1013614635
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|
Cumulative 2nd dose administered
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|
909703341
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|
Precaution Dose
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|
42694841
|
|
Total
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|
1966012817
Today’s achievement in the vaccination exercise, segregated by population priority groups, is as follows:
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Date: 22nd June, 2022 
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HCWs
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
56
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
1331
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
16319
|
|
FLWs
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
151
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
1828
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
59966
|
|
Age Group 12-14 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
82814
|
|
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
218179
|
|
Age Group 15-18 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
26072
|
|
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
80188
|
|
Age Group 18-44 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
27323
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
312405
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
61334
|
|
Age Group 45-59 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
4497
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
72149
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
32491
|
|
Over 60 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
3841
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
52757
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
241457
|
|
Cumulative 1st dose administered
|
|
144754
|
|
Cumulative 2nd dose administered
|
|
738837
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
411567
|
|
Total
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|
1295158
The vaccination exercise as a tool to protect the most vulnerable population groups in the country from COVID-19 continues to be regularly reviewed and monitored at the highest level.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Two Day Regional Conference on Good Governance with Focus on Aspirational Districts begins in Bhopal tomorrow
The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances , Government of India in association with Government of Madhya Pradesh is organizing a Regional Conference on Good Governance with Focus on Aspirational Districts, in Bhopal beginning tomorrow. Delegates from 12 States and 2 UTs will participate in the Conference. There will be 5 Technical sessions in the 2-day conference.
On the Day 1, 13 Presentations will be made in 4 sessions which will be followed by Panel Discussions. The themes include: ICT Enabled Education, Agriculture, Public Service and Grievance Management and Good Governance initiatives.
On Day 2, 4 Presentations will be made in the session on Citizen centric Services. Shri KV Eapen, Secretary, DAR&PG and Chief Secretary, Government of Madhya Pradesh Shri Basant Pratap Singh will address the Valedictory Session.
The DAR&PG has organized 28 Regional Conferences till date. This Conference is an effort to create a common platform to share experiences in the formulation and implementation of Best Practices in Citizen Centric Governance and improved Public Service Delivery through e-Governance, transparent, accountable and citizen-friendly effective administration.